absenteeism.

Frequent or habitual absence from an expected activity, such as work or school.

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Words that belong together

• staff absenteeism
• school absenteeism

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Staff absenteeism increased during the prolonged disruption.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, explanation, evaluation. Commonness: moderately common.